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CVE-2025-26169

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIXON VPN Client

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

IXON VPN Client· Ixon
60%
v < 1.4.4
Affected range stops below 1.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]
https://ixon-cloud.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/#1t000000vlSF/a/TX000000DQmH/WRGwuYg2iMsKX6NAIK3MygCUOlg0SPQ..YvGWrwfNeM
Source: [email protected]
https://support.ixon.cloud/s/article/VPN-Client-installation-and-uninstallation

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-732

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